Short Reflection for the 26th Sunday in the Ordinary Time (B)
Readings: Numbers 11: 25-29; James 5: 1-6; Mark 9: 38-43, 45, 47-48
Gospel passage: "No one who performs mighty deeds in my name who can act, at the same time, speak ill of me… and anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward." (Mark 9: 39 & 41)
Meditation: Belongingness does NOT solely measure by registration or words… Deeds would tell whether we belong to Christ or not. And the act of sharing whatever we have with people in need is closest to God’s heart. Tradition has it that almsgiving is “prayer in action”…
DHIKR SIMPLE METHOD...
Dhikr is an Arabic word for remembrance. In the “tariqa” (the way) movement, dhikr developed into a form of prayer… It is a prayer of the heart… following three simple steps:
1. Write in one’s heart a certain passage of the Holy Writ…
2. Make the same passage ever present in one’s lips.
3. Then wait for God’s disclosure on the meaning of the passage…that interprets one’s life NOW…!
It takes a week of remembering (dhikr)…or even more days to relish the beauty of this method…
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